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Cornelis Technical Documentation

Glossary

PA

Performance Administrator/Administration - This component allows a centralized control point for querying the performance data in the fabric.

PEM

Privacy Enhanced Mail - This is a file type (*.pem) used for securing emails and other data. It ensures message confidentiality, authenticity, and integrity.

PKey

Partition Key - This is a unique ID assigned to an InfiniBand or vFabric partition.

PM

Performance Manager/Performance Management - This is the Fabric Management entity responsible for monitoring fabric information related to the port and virtual lane level counters and the picture that they convey.

PMA

Performance Management Agent

QSFP

Quad Small Form-factor Pluggable - This is a compact, hot-pluggable transceiver used for high speed data communications applications.

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks - This is a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple physical disk drive components into one or more logical units for the purposes of data redundancy, performance improvement, or both.

RDMA

Remote Direct Memory Access - This technology enables two networked computers to exchange data in main memory without CPU intervention.